Political Commentary for Reasonable People
Appointed by President Reagan in 1986, Justice Antonin Scalia has been the most consistently conservative of all Justices, along with Clarence Thomas and relative newcomer Samuel Alito.
But he also has been quirky and combative in ways that go beyond … More…
In its second big ruling Monday, the Supreme Court brushed aside without a hearing Montana’s challenge to the notorious Citizens United decision of 2010, which opened the floodgates to unrestrained campaign contributions by corporations and wealthy individuals as long as … More…
President Obama and his re-election team must have celebrated this morning when the Supreme Court threw out most of Arizona’s controversial immigration law, SB1070, by a 5-3 majority, with only conservative Justices Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas, and Samuel Alito dissenting.… More…
President Obama has caught a couple of breaks after a bad few weeks in which he lost ground to Republican opponent Mitt Romney.
Last Friday, the president announced a new immigration policy that would accomplish some of the same things … More…
You hear it a lot in some circles: The US is heading down the same road as Greece, a basket case of an economy with huge debt and no hope.
And if we don’t address entitlement spending—primarily Medicare and Medicaid—our … More…
Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney is a very smart man and a great businessman, as is clear from Michael Kranish and Scott Helman’s The Real Romney, which I’m reading now.
But politics must addle the brain like Southern Comfort … More…
With all the problems President Obama has had lately, he finally created some good news for himself late last week at Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney’s expense.
In the Rose Garden last Friday, the president announced a change in how … More…
While everyone was focused on the election in Greece, another European country held elections that also may have far-reaching implications.
On Sunday, France put an exclamation point on May’s victory by François Hollande in the presidential election by giving an … More…
It looks as if Greek voters have decided to go with the parties that created the mess their country is in.
New Democracy, a center-right party which along with the nominally socialist Pasok has governed the country throughout the financial … More…
We all know that the 2012 election campaign will be the most expensive ever, costing billions.
Already each presidential candidate and their national party committees have raised about $500 million since April 2011, when the president announced he was running … More…
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